Due to the new policies included in the CMS' local coverage determination issued in September, compliance is now more critical than ever.

Intelligent equipment emerges to help you be smarter about business.

Let's stop talking about selling medical equipment. Let's begin talking about what we really do — allowing people to live productive lives.

Kodak's history is replete with lessons for the HME industry, but one really sticks out: We can't hold on to the past. We must change with our environment regardless of why or how the environment changes.

As growing numbers of seniors enter the Medicare program, it is important that we take care to maintain an adequate number of qualified and capable providers to address demand for care in the home, especially in rural areas.

The timeline for oxygen reimbursement should be based on medical necessity and align more closely than it does today with the true costs of providing the equipment and services integral to the benefit.

With elimination of the CMN came the KX modifier. With the KX modifier came the requirement for providers to prove medical necessity from documentation in the patient's medical record.

The opportunity is huge to maximize sales in a healthy cash market.

Repeal the cap? Reform the benefit? Yes and yes, oxygen stakeholders say.

Against the backdrop of inauguration hoopla and confirmation hearings for President Obama's cabinet nominees, the 111th Congress has been busy with a flurry of new bills that could affect HME business.